cão
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)
- Alternative form of can
References[edit]
Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin cānum. Doublet of cano, a borrowing from Old Spanish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cão (plural cãos, feminine cãa, feminine plural cãas)
- white-haired
- Synonym: cano
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem. Compare Galician and Spanish can.
Noun[edit]
cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)
- dog
- (colloquial, epithetic) the Devil
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satã
Usage notes[edit]
In Brazil, cão is somewhat formal, and cachorro is the most common term in neutral or informal contexts.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cão, from Latin cānus (“gray”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-. Cognate with Spanish cano.
Adjective[edit]
cão (feminine cã, masculine plural cãos, feminine plural cãs)
- white-haired
- Synonym: grisalho
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Persian خان. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
cão m (plural cãos)
Further reading[edit]
cão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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